Permit Space Pre-Entry Communication and Coordination
Entry Employer Communications
The entry employer is usually a subcontractor who decides that an employee it directs will enter a permit space.
The entry employer is usually a subcontractor.
Before entry operations begin, each entry employer must:
- Obtain all of the controlling contractor's information regarding permit space hazards and entry operations; and
- Inform the controlling contractor of the permit space program that the entry employer will follow, including any hazards likely to be confronted or created in each permit space.
Coordination between the Controlling Contractor and Entry Employer: The controlling contractor and entry employer(s) must coordinate entry operations when:
- More than one employee performs permit space entry at the same time; or
- Permit space entry is performed at the same time that any activities that could foreseeably result in a hazard in the permit space are performed.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
3-3. The _____ decides if an employee is able to enter a permitted space?
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